Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
as someone going in for a crown (for the first time) in 11 days, sarameg's descriptions are not filling me with glee.
Don't worry, it's not necessarily going to be that rough. My mom just had 5 done and wasn't that bothered by it. My own was only really tender for a day or so, and there wasn't any scabbing. (The temporary crown does feel kind of weird, but when they replace it with the permanent one it feels just like your regular teeth.)
it'll be a two visit process: one to get a mold and do a buildup and put in a temp. That's really the hard part.
WTF.
I gotta have 2 visits for this shit?
oh hell no.
Matt,
I appreciate the reassurance. It is not working.
They'll probably offer gas to calm you down - take it and you won't be worried at all during the procedure.
My new dentist recommended a new crown for my one that's always been kind of fucked up, but I don't think I care enough to spend the money.
As long as pain is dealt with, I will be okay. But I am not altogether sure I need the crown in the first place, so that's part of my hesitation. I think I'm going to have him do the 2 fillings and he will have to explain to me why I need the crown.
They'll probably offer gas to calm you down - take it and you won't be worried at all during the procedure.
Yeah. I had that when I had my wisdom teeth out. They first gave me a low dose of it, but then when they started poking around in my mouth, I just kind of instinctively started squirming away. So they gave me a bit more, and tried again, and I hadn't felt any sort of "Wow, that stuff just started working" or anything, but I just didn't care anymore that there were sharp things in my mouth.
As I said, depends on the dentist and what facilities they have.
I think I get the fun scabbing because of the one-day fancy tech deal- I didn't get it from my traditional gold crowns. Instead of making a post-like buildup for tradition crowns, this tech makes a raised ring to mount the crown. From what I could tell watching the imaging, it is a closer fit which means they've got to get in really close to the gum, hence the scabbing.
Yes, it all sucks. But you'll survive. And just think, now that you think it will be miserable, it can only be better!
Does anyone know if shrift made it home?
She takes public transit, right? All the CTA trains are running normally.
She's been in California for a few days, and was supposed to fly home today.
I cracked my dentist up by turning down gas for the crown swapping and a micro-filling I got this year. But I don't like feeling high, and didn't consider it necessary for procedures that just require one shot of novocaine.